[Journal]Artificial Intelligence Vol.41 No.5 (Sep. 2026)

CommentarySee you at JSAI2027 in Nagasaki!Yuko Sakurai 547

Special Issue: “The Current State of Artificial Intelligence for Digital Games ─ Beyond Machine Learning ─”Editors’ Introduction to “The Current State of Artificial Intelligence for Digital Games ─ Beyond Machine Learning ─”Youichiro Miyake, Yusuke Mori and Naoki Hamada 548Multimodal Neuro-symbolic QA Agents for Large-scale 3D GamesKazuki Abe 552Data-Driven City Building Using Open Geospatial InformationHirofumi Omichi 561AI for Level Design in Live-Service Mobile GamesKoya Ihara 567Game-Requirement-Driven Poker AI Development in EDGE POKERTomu Yanabe and Yu Kono 576Building an In-House Artificial Intelligence Platform Leveraging Creative Knowledge in the Game Industry　─ In-House Data Development, Co-Creation with Production Teams, and Cross-Domain Applications ─Shuichi Kurabayashi and Eitoshi Ashihara 582Bottom-Up Initiatives Supporting SIE R&D　─ Featuring AI-dojo and Beyond ─Akihiro Takano, Maito Omori, Xinyu Zhang and Shun Terasaki 591Generative AI in Game Development:Human-Led, AI-Assisted Design and the Emergence of Game 2.0Yukihito Morikawa 600The Evolution of Game QA Automation Using Generative AI　─ From Proof-of-Concept Experiments to Practical Workflows, and Beyond to Agent-Based Systems ─Kazuki Asada and Yoshihiro Okamoto 608Overview of Digital Games in Terms of Natural Language ProcessingYusuke Mori 613The History of Deep Learning Applications in Game IndustryYouichiro Miyake 622

Special Issue: “Introduction to Special Issue on JSAI Incentive Award 2025”Editorsʼ Introduction to “Introduction to Special Issue on JSAI Incentive Award 2025”Hitoshi Shimizu, Kazuhiro Nakadai, Hiroki Sakaji and Satoshi Hara 635FPAI：Graph-Based Attention for Differentiable MaxSAT SolvingSota Moriyama and Katsumi Inoue 637FPAI：Linear-Time Exact Influence Spread on Bounded-Pathwidth GraphsKengo Nakamura 638KBS：Contrastive Dataset Distillation for Summarization Task: Two-Stage Learning with Synthetic and Real DataTakumi Kikawada and Takayasu Fushimi 639KBS：Relational Data Factorization via Tensor DecompositionTakeru Isobe, Katsumi Inoue and Mahito Sugiyama 640SLUD：Does Sharing Negative Opinions about Others Foster Human-Robot Closeness?Exploring the Effects of Negative Utterances and the Ethics of Conversational RobotsSeiya Mitsuno, Midori Ban and Yuichiro Yoshikawa 641SLUD：The Embodiment of Social Communication Traits in Individuals with ASD during ADOS-2:Analyzing “How to Behave” and Processes of Intersubjective AdjustmentKyoko Aizaki, Yasuyuki Usuda, Taiga Mori, Toshiki Iwabuchi and Hidenori Yamasue 643SLUD：The Differences in Acoustic Characteristics and Facial Expressions between Professional Voice Actors and NovicesHiroto Takehisa, Chihiro Fujino and Kazuki Sekine 645ALST：Has Automated Essay Scoring Outperformed Human Raters? ─ An Achievable Accuracy Ceiling Based on Test Theory ─Masaki Uto 647Challenge：Ground Surface Material Estimation Based on Beamforming Analysis of Drone Self-NoiseYen Benjamin, Tsuyoshi Ashizawa and Kazuhiro Nakadai 648LSE：Exploring Discourse Analysis with Large Language Models for Narrative StructuringRiku Takahashi and Ayahiko Niimi 650LSE：The Impact of a Contextually Aware Peer Agent on Usersʼ Loneliness and Sense of PresenceShun Suzuki and Kaoru Sumi 651SKL：Let the Environment ComputeHideyuki Nakashima and Masaki Suwa 653SAI：Development and Public Release of an Interactive Geovisualization-Based Support System for School District ReorganizationMomoka Hirose, Hitoshi Shimizu and Hirohiko Suwa 654FIN：Why Are Financial Prices Unpredictable Regardless of Predictable Buy-sell Market Order Flow?Yuki Sato and Kiyoshi Kanazawa 655FIN：Large Language Models for Multifactor Models in Stock MarketsKaito Takano 656MAKS：Modeling of Typhoon Power Generation Ship Concept and Exploration of Optimal Configuration Using Operation SimulationTaiga Mitsuyuki and Haruki Ebihara 657SWO：Assessing Logical Inference Capabilities of Large Language Models through RDF Schema Entailment Rules: A Multi-Level EvaluationTaichi Hosokawa, Sudesna Chakraborty and Takeshi Morita 659DOCMAS：An Attempt to Verify the Effectiveness of Setting Priority-Based Deadline Times in AI-Based Ride-Sharing ServicesNozomi Yamamoto, Itsuki Noda and Hiroki Sakaji 661BI：Analyzing Asymmetric Causality between Diseases Using Large-Scale Survey Data: Evidence from Hypertension and Type 2 DiabetesYoko Ishino 663BI：Quantifying Collective Risk Perception Bias Using Unstructured Text Data:An Analysis of “Ambiguous Labeling” and “Excessive Avoidance Behavior” in Food AllergiesMinori Takanaga, Hayato Honda and Masanori Fujita 664AIMED：Dynamic Personalized Knowledge Graphs and Confidence-Aware Retrieval for Trustworthy Clinical Question AnsweringYu Takahashi, Shun Takeuchi, Guillaume Pelat, Yoshiaki Ikai and Junya Saito 666AM：Image Understanding Support Method for Visually Impaired Users via Multi-Region Caption GenerationYiling Xu, Junjie Shan, Megumi Yasuo and Yoko Nishihara 668AGI：A Dual-Head Time-Series Generation Model for Simultaneous Language and Action ProductionHaruya Kawakami, Boxuan Lyu, Kotaro Funakoshi and Manabu Okumura 670SMSHM：Deep Learning of Survival Functions with Hazard Constraints for Semi-supervised RUL Prediction from Time-series DataRyosuke Takayama and Masanao Natsumeda 672

Special Issue: “Frontier of Learning Science and Learning Engineering”Editors’ Introduction to “Frontier of Learning Science and Learning Engineering”Yoshimasa Tawatsuji and Sho Yamamoto 673

Lecture Series: “Exploring the Origins of Artificial Intelligence in Japan ─”（11）An Interview with Dr. Miwako Doi: Developing Technology with Human Interaction in MindMiwako Doi, Youichiro Miyake, Mai Sugimoto and Takako Ouchi 675

My BookmarkEmotion Emerging from InteroceptionHideki Ohira 686

Global Eye（84）A Foreign AI Researcherʼs Perspective on Japanʼs AI and International TalentAndrew Shin 691

Students Forum（135）Interview with Professor Hirotaka Osawa “Designing How We Imagine Agents ”Hiroshi Sakuma and Midori Egawa 693

Conference Reports2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation（ICRA 2026）Zhongchao Zhou 699The IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition（CVPR） 2026Yuta Oshima 701

Book ReviewHidehito Honda, Yugo Hayashi and Michiko Miyazaki: Introduction to Cognitive Science: Understanding What Makes Us Human,pp. 296, Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd.（2025）Go Yokoyama 703

ArticleCover Project “Journey around Artificial Intelligence: A Window into JSAI-SIGs, Chapter 16”　─ Special Interest Group on Geoscience and AI ─Planner：Yusuke Yamamoto, Illustrator：Shun Iwasawa 705